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Focus | Management

Renning, Lewis & Lacy, S.C. is a management-side labor and employment law firm representing public, private, and non-profit employers, with extensive experience representing public schools, higher education institutions, and other public entities with their unique needs in labor, employment, and as general counsel. To best serve our clients, we provide legal representation in other areas as well including real estate law, general business, immigration, and creditor’s rights. Our team of attorneys bring years of experience in representing our clients in all areas of their operations, and for our public entity clients, we understand their unique needs as government entities, employers, businesses, property owners, creditors, and so much more.  With offices in Green Bay, Madison, Oshkosh, and Milwaukee, we are able to assist clients throughout Wisconsin.

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We bring years of experience in representing our clients in all areas of their operations, and for our public entity clients, we understand their unique needs as government entities, employers, businesses, property owners, creditors, and so much more.

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There are certain situations that occur in one’s life that cause an individual to seek the protections of the law to prevent acts of...
Student discipline issues can be challenging for school districts, even at the start of a new school year.  When issuing discipline, districts must adhere...
A number of Wisconsin school districts are preparing for referendum elections as part of the November 2024 general election.  Inasmuch as school districts have...
On May 30, 2024, a Wisconsin Court of Appeals granted a petition for appeal in Johnson v. MacCudden, a Milwaukee County case involving claims...
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Our attorneys are recognized and accomplished for representing the needs of clients, but just as important, the attorneys at Renning, Lewis & Lacy, S.C., are committed to involvement in the legal profession and in the communities we serve and live. We believe in being part of the communities in which we live and work, which includes aiding the professional organizations that enhance the offerings we provide to clients and dedicating time to non-profit organizations that improve the lives of our neighborhoods and regions.

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Starting in March 2023, Attorneys Shana Lewis and Chad Wade will teach the Inclusive School District course for Edgewood College’s Educational Leadership Graduate program.

Attorney Geoffrey Lacy presented a webinar on employing foreign national educators to the University of Wisconsin System career counselors and advisors in a webinar hosted by the Wisconsin Association of School Personnel Administrators (WASPA).

Attorney Jenna E. Rousseau was recently elected by the Board of Directors of the Wisconsin School Attorneys Association to serve as President-elect. 

Attorney Chad Wade presented on Confidentiality in the School Environment and Other Ethics Topics at CESA 5’s SLP Institute.

Attorney Jenna Rousseau presented a joint program at the WSAA/WASB Conference on regarding the topic: What Can You Do with District Property? Buy, Sell, Build: Referendums and Real Estate Transactions.

Attorney Chad Wade participated in a panel discussion for the WASDA/WCASS Academy for Superintendents titled “Everything You Wanted to Know About Special Education and Student Services But Were Afraid to Ask.”

Attorney Shana Lewis was a guest speaker at Dr. Barb Sramek’s class in the K12 Leadership MS Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.